Showing posts with label Cologne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cologne. Show all posts
Friday, 15 May 2009

20 Years On: Part 5 of Account of Hitch-hiking through southern West Germany

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When I had been inter-railing in August/September 1988 I had been conscious of getting too far from the UK so that I could not get back if t...
Saturday, 6 September 2008

20 Years On - Part 16 of Account of Travelling by Train Around West Germany and Austria

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Fortunately I was able to get away from the holiday very quickly, but that meant I did not fully learn the lessons of what I had done wrong ...
Friday, 5 September 2008

20 Years On - Part 15 of Account of Travelling by Train Around West Germany and Austria

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This was the day I swore I would never return to West Germany. I was so furious at the lost of my Inter-Rail ticket and the German bureaucra...
Monday, 25 August 2008

20 Years On - Part 4 of Account of Travelling by Train Around West Germany and Austria

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On reaching Koblenz for the first time (of three occasions) I stayed in a youth hostel which was part of a castle. The room I was allocated ...
Sunday, 24 August 2008

20 Years On - Part 3 of Account of Travelling by Train Around West Germany and Austria

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I have been up the spires of Cologne Cathedral three times in my life and each time it has got easier. On this occasion I was fine while I w...
Saturday, 23 August 2008

20 Years On - Part 2 of Account of Travelling by Train Around West Germany and Austria

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My first full day in West Germany and I managed to lose my hat. Years later I remembered I had untied it from my rucksack (I had gone for a ...